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With the Gadget Show Live approaching rapidly, Heaven Media and Alienware had come up with another cooperation and another project that features a specific eSports title and a whole lot of cash to be won by the winners. StarCraft II is the game of choice and £5,000 the amount of money up for grabs.
With StarCraft II having appeared on the eSports scene about one year back, the game has rapidly taken its place in the international eSports platform and is a fan-favourite all over the globe by former players, new stars and even WarCraft III professionals.
Alienware and Esports Heaven are now working together to give 128 players the shot to appear on the Gadget Show Live StarCraft II tournament and a part of the £5,000 prize purse. So this online cup will act as a Qualifier and will have no prize purse of its own, only the TOP 4 of this online cup will be given a slot in the StarCraft II tournament there and will have to fight it out amongst themselves.
128 players can now sign up for the Qualifier, which will start on March 21st, 2011 at around 20h00 CET and will take up the entire evening to eventually dwindle the amount of players down to the necessary and qualified four. These four then have to arrange flights to Birmingham, United Kingdom themselves to attend the Gadget Show Live from April 16th, 2011 until April 17th, 2011.
More information can be found here.
*Updated for the 2nd qualifier on Thursday*
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5000$ or £5000? 
This is what the UK / European scene needs a big fat juicy prize pool tournament!
I watch gadget show so this would be epic!!
Cheers for the info.
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Great news, SC2 really does seem to be changing up a gear in the UK with more and more prizes and money up for grabs as time goes on.
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Looking forward to this! I will be streaming the qualifiers on monday so be sure to add me ingame to get your matches streamed. (Vequeth.130)
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Great to see more LANs popping up in and around the UK . Let's hope we can actually get a UK player to qualify now :D
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Signing up as this seems fun. the gadget show prize pool is probably the best thing on TV. SO MANY PRIZES.
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This makes me want to start improving my game so I can compete. There aren't enough good UK players.
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Jason and Otis commentating 
This is amazing news :D
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On March 21 2011 01:24 NexUmbra wrote:Jason and Otis commentating This is amazing news :D
Ooh that gadget show!
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Yeeeeeeh i got my gadget show tickets a month ago!
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Format: Single Elimination
Bo1 really really makes me so sad 
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On March 21 2011 02:38 Adeeler wrote:Format: Single Elimination Bo1 really really makes me so sad
time to take some lessons from bitbybit
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wow this is awesome ! might look into getting live tickets
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Currently 53/128 signups.
Sign up if you can play tonight
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On March 21 2011 02:46 turdburgler wrote:Show nested quote +On March 21 2011 02:38 Adeeler wrote:Format: Single Elimination Bo1 really really makes me so sad time to take some lessons from bitbybit
Misunderstood, nvm this post.
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Be sure to tell any good players you know about this, it was a bit last minute. Needs more signups!
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I'm so happy to see an event like this taking place in Birmingham
I'm only silver league, so I'm not confident enough to sign up for the qualifiers, but I look forward to seeing the live event in Birmingham. I might even be able to persuade some of my non-SC-playing friends to come to the gadget show with me.
Edit: According to the Esports Heaven site, there'll be a second qualifier on Thursday.
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This is why I love the gadget show ^^
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to anyone not signing up. do it! i suck and if you beat me you can boast about getting into the 2nd round
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On March 22 2011 02:11 Mazzoo wrote:to anyone not signing up. do it! i suck and if you beat me you can boast about getting into the 2nd round
I cheekily smiled when i saw that
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wow, the UK scene is really non existent, £5000 on the line and no one wants to sign up, wtf?
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Small update:
GadgetShowLive chat channel ingame to contact your opponent ;p
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On March 22 2011 02:40 Project Psycho wrote:
wow, the UK scene is really non existent, £5000 on the line and no one wants to sign up, wtf?
IThe problem is there hasn't really been any publicity for the event prior to now, and there's very few details on the offline finals available.
Sure, it's a £5000 prize pool, but are there going to be additional pro invites on top of the qualifiers? What is the prize distribution?
It could be that everyone besides the winner ends up out of pocket from travel and hotel expenses.
I fully intend to play the qualifier and I just hope that the offline final is worthwhile for the people who manage to qualify.
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^^^
"It could be that everyone besides the winner ends up out of pocket from travel and hotel expenses."
is a really good point, especially as you say it's not clear if there will be pro-invites etc.
Will sign up for the second qualifier, and doubt I'll get through, but the lack of information is definitely off putting.
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KnowMe kicked out naniwa 2-1. Kind of funny.
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can i ask for more info, like how many players will play at the offline event? how many more qualifiers will be there, if any? will only the qualified players be able to play? thanks!
edit: the mappool seems to be the same as on the ladder. will you change the maps?
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On March 22 2011 06:06 Redox wrote:
KnowMe kicked out naniwa 2-1. Kind of funny.
didn't see that comming
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On March 22 2011 06:23 PredY wrote:
can i ask for more info, like how many players will play at the offline event? how many more qualifiers will be there, if any? will only the qualified players be able to play? thanks!
edit: the mappool seems to be the same as on the ladder. will you change the maps?
Just read OP.
So this online cup will act as a Qualifier and will have no prize purse of its own, only the TOP 4 of this online cup will be given a slot in the StarCraft II tournament there and will have to fight it out amongst themselves.
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Oh well on their internet page I found this:
There will be a 2nd qualifier on Thursday with the same specifics&prize, registration will open the day after the one on monday is over.
So yeah I am confused now as well.
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Second qualifier will also send 4 more to the LAN finals.
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updated for 2nd qualifier.
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Dont forget you have to re-sign up for the second qualifier, your first signup doesnt auto transfer over!
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so who won it first time round?
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Sjow, Select, Happyzerg, Goody
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Come on UK,
Don't makes us look bad.
This is a tournament held in the UK and yet all qualified players are from outside the UK.
Get registered, get playing, get winning.
There is a lot of money up for grabs here and not only that but I'm sure a lot of people will be watching so if you want to further your eSports career you know what you need to do.
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I can't see any schedule on the Gadget Show Live page, but I assume the final will be on Sunday 17th April. I got myself a ticket for sunday afternoon - only £10. I'm looking forward to it, and I hope to see lots of UK Starcraft fans there
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It's because this has had zero publicity, anywhere. The uk still ignores gaming massively.
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Please note that if you did not sign up in the correct format (Nick.123) then you were not accepted and will have to REAPPLY IN THE CORRECT FORMAT.
Edit: This particularly applies to people who signed up for the last qualifier with a name that was accepted then: http://www.esportsheaven.net/?page=tournament&action=view&tournament_id=671&content_id=2480 , those names will not be accepted now and you have to change your name if it doesnt have your character code in it.
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I am so fucked for this, I've only just seen the player list D:
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On March 24 2011 02:38 lozarian wrote:
It's because this has had zero publicity, anywhere. The uk still ignores gaming massively.
They don't really, the UK is one the largest gaming consumers in the world, but the whole zero publicity thing is kinda a big deal. It's come out of nowhere with no hype beforehand.
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On March 25 2011 03:05 TotalBiscuit wrote:Show nested quote +On March 24 2011 02:38 lozarian wrote:
It's because this has had zero publicity, anywhere. The uk still ignores gaming massively. They don't really, the UK is one the largest gaming consumers in the world, but the whole zero publicity thing is kinda a big deal. It's come out of nowhere with no hype beforehand.
The UK gaming is mostly Call of Duty though, any other game is looked down upon, people think playing CoD is cool (probably because it requires no brain capacity) but not with SC2.
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Sorry for double post but is anybody else now getting a "this tournament does not exist" when clicking the link?
EDIT: It seems to be sorted now.
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Grubby's build was really weird and seemed really weak to ghosts. :s
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How many qualifiers are there? Some info please.
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On March 25 2011 06:36 LaLuSh wrote:
How many qualifiers are there? Some info please.
This was the last one I am afraid. Apologies for the lack of warning, it came as a surprise to most.
Edit: Here is my VOD of today, thanks to everyone who tuned in! http://www.justin.tv/vequeth/b/282236263
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ffs
no more stream online
and epic matches coming up
wtffffffffff
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I had to stop due to an overheating issue on my processor sorry
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they are not playing the semi finals i believe because top 4 do qualify, so your actually only missing out on Hasu vs Insolence.
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Yeah, semi finals are not played, those 4 players go on to meet Sjow, Select, Goody, Happyzerg in the LAN finals in birmingham on the 16th/17th april.
Edit: Final qualifiers this time are  Naugrim ,  Socke, NaNiwa and iNSoLeNCE
Leaving 3 Protoss, 3 Terran and 2 Zergs going to the final LAN, a nice spread of races imo.
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On March 26 2011 05:01 LSB wrote:Just wondering, who is HappyZerg?
I don't think he has a ton of SC2 accomplishments but he was a pretty well known Broodwar player, he was busted for abusing during TSL2
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I have a ticket to the Gadget Show on sunday afternoon (which is when the final is I hope - I can't find a schedule).
Is anyone else going to be seeing the finals live in sunny Birmingham?
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HasuObs will replace Happyzerg
Ourk will replace Insolence (both according to HasuObs)
BlinG (dont know this guy) will replace GoOdy (according to fragster.de)
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On April 15 2011 08:27 Zeon0 wrote:
HasuObs will replace Happyzerg
Ourk will replace Insolence (both according to HasuObs)
BlinG (dont know this guy) will replace GoOdy (according to fragster.de)
BlinG plays for dignitas, new recruit UK player.
good to see 2 UK people reppin!
gl boys
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So the is Sjow, Select, , Hasuobs, Naugrim, Socke, Bling, Nani, Ourk particapating in this???
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So this is getting streamed but I have no idea where. It's on one of QuadV's streams. I will update as and when I get that information. Today will be cast by me, tomorrow will be cast by Apollo and I.
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when will it be live?? and don't forget: GERMANY FIGHTING!!!
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its ON
have fun
dignitas fighting
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why are there 2 byes i thought they found replacements?
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couldnt they of got anyone decent from anywhere??? Presuming Ourk didnt turn up?
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oh wow Socke vs. HasuObs i didn't even know whom to root for.
hope for some nice games
can someone explain what happens when the group stages are over?
tb said then it will be double elimination?
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Well I did offer to play but apparently this is a Starcraft 2 tournament and not Battlecraft :[
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On April 16 2011 19:27 trancey_ wrote:
oh wow Socke vs. HasuObs i didn't even know whom to root for.
hope for some nice games
can someone explain what happens when the group stages are over?
tb said then it will be double elimination?
If I understand it correctly everybody will advance from the group stage but the first 2 players will get byes in the first round of a double elimination bracket.
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thanks for the explanation.
so bye1 is not a player i don't know i guess :D
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Why haven't i heard of it before? So im right in time now only missed one match.
Just found an info of this in HasuObs Facebook.
Have fun Totalbiscuit and good luck for huge matches!
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the groupstage result will determine the seedings for the playoffs.
GoGo Hasu!!
And iNSoLeNCE as well as Ourk didnt show up.
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"The Aviator" once again racking up somewhere in the vicinity of 30 kills with his banshees.
An unassailable advantage to carry through to late game, though his macro slipped again during all that harass.
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coverage can be found @ www.cadred.org
I'll slap freekje for not updating OP or making a new thread tho
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I can't find any special information there. Can someone tell at what time the final matches (Double-elemination tournament) will start (be streamed) and where we will find the upcoming grid exactly?
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Bout 3 mins til next game. Trying to keep things rolling. There will be a lunchbreak after this game, 30-45 mins for the players.
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Socke vs Naniwa now!
edit: Yeah, Socke!!
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ya, cool game, was really concered cause this pylon spam in sockes base looked pretty dangerous but Socke took it!
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socke vs. sjow upcoming now? it's on the website
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I only see a game logo :/
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45 min break was called for players and admins to get lunch. Will let you know when we are ready to get started again
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Wtf cant believe this has already been going on.
Sucks so much when stuff like this is not on the TL calendar.
German Protoss fighting!
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On April 16 2011 21:21 Redox wrote:Wtf cant believe this has already been going on. Sucks so much when stuff like this is not on the TL calendar. German Protoss fighting!
yes saw it by accident on screddit. same as the italian ugc lan which was cool too but not so much advertised on tl.
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Yeah, sadly when it's not my stream there's not much I can do I'm afraid in that regard.
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guess tournaments officals have to contact TL to get it on the calendar and to put up the stream on the website, man this sux, no wonder so many TL readers dont know about the european scene (i'm talking about so many people not knowing who Kas is) and its not gonna get any better with such a coverage
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On April 16 2011 21:37 TotalBiscuit wrote:
Yeah, sadly when it's not my stream there's not much I can do I'm afraid in that regard.
will the games start soon? Havn't the 45 minutes gone by now? thank you for a great cast
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On April 16 2011 21:41 SayTT wrote:Show nested quote +On April 16 2011 21:37 TotalBiscuit wrote:
Yeah, sadly when it's not my stream there's not much I can do I'm afraid in that regard. will the games start soon? Havn't the 45 minutes gone by now? thank you for a great cast
Waiting for admin confirmation
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On April 16 2011 21:41 SayTT wrote:Show nested quote +On April 16 2011 21:37 TotalBiscuit wrote:
Yeah, sadly when it's not my stream there's not much I can do I'm afraid in that regard. will the games start soon? Havn't the 45 minutes gone by now? thank you for a great cast
as soon socke gets back from his smoke were good to go .P
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socke vs select is on now...
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On April 16 2011 22:04 baeric wrote:
socke vs select is on now...
Really? Still only seeing a logo.
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according to the brackets socke is supposed to play vs naugrim and naniwa vs insolence.
but why is socke playin select on stream?
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On April 16 2011 22:13 Muesli_ wrote:
according to the brackets socke is supposed to play vs naugrim and naniwa vs insolence.
but why is socke playin select on stream?
insolence or naugrim aren't even there afaik?!
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the socke vs select match atm is sick good.. and only 750 viewers on the stream. what a shame
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Socke has way to many probes.
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On April 16 2011 22:23 Seronei wrote:
Socke has way to many probes.
not anymore.. he just sacrificed around 20
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Not sure Select can keep up with this production
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United Kingdom38255 Posts
I heard you like Psi Storm lol, pretty much the whole screen full of them.
Insane game
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what? according to the bracket/group stage socke should be playing select right now and thats exactly what he's doing ^^
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if the amulet upgrade would still be in game, im pretty sure socke would have won this already
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On April 16 2011 22:27 FliedLice wrote:
sick game
Yeah, it's not like most 40 minute games where both players are awful and floating 4k minerals.
One of the best I've seen in a while.
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Slow death of SeleCt reminds me of his series vs Kiwi at MLG.
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epic game
edit: nice nearly 1k viewers despite the lack of info on this tournament
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shit after that game I can't decide on what would be the best match to watch next.
socke vs sjow or select vs hasu
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That game was so awesome! To see Socke chipping away at Select and denying that one expo was amazing!
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crazy game ^^
gg to both, really nice tournament so far
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Some really amazing back and forth play there, it was crazy when like 20 storms hit at once.
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On April 16 2011 22:38 SayTT wrote:
shit after that game I can't decide on what would be the best match to watch next.
socke vs sjow or select vs hasu
Will take Hasu since I haven't cast him in a while.
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this tournament has only one problem.. too much protoss too less zerg 
TotalBiscuit is awesome as always! *thumps up*
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Great game and nice casting TB!
Really a shame that there is no promotion for this tournament.
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is there a way to lower/change the settings on the stream? never used this own3D before but its terribly laggy
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is there any spectator area for sc2? are there going to be any matches played on stage tomorrow?
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On April 16 2011 22:44 rushian wrote:
is there any spectator area for sc2? are there going to be any matches played on stage tomorrow?
I doubt there will be stage matches sadly but there are two big screens and a PA by the Alienware booth if you want to come down and watch. I am casting from a seperate area for fear that I will drown out the stage (seriously)
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can somebody send the steam link pls?
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On April 16 2011 22:51 InteGrated wrote:
select vs hasu please
That will be the next match
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thank you
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you heard TB sayin Khaldor casting some matches?
he casted me 1 hour ago vs mouzGhosTa on a little stage or something! :D
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why does this tourney not have more hype. every game is MLG/dreamhack finals level
just look at the player pool
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really choppy stream suddenly
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use a hallucinated phoenix in order to warp in dts on the high ground. you dont see that every day...
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On April 16 2011 23:03 Muesli_ wrote:
use a hallucinated phoenix in order to warp in dts on the high ground. you dont see that every day...
thats hasu
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On April 16 2011 22:58 FliedLice wrote:
really choppy stream suddenly
Same for me, sound is fine but picture is a slideshow.. weird.
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On April 16 2011 23:07 bok wrote:Same for me, sound is fine but picture is a slideshow.. weird.
refreshed a couple of times and it was fine again
so many zealots o_o
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stream works perfectly for me
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Nice DT play. What happens now? We gonna see Socke v Sjow?
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Woot!,,I never knew how TotalBiscuit looked, hehe. A nerd like the rest of us.
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grrr.. those portal 2 adds really work.. i didnt plan to buy it but i think i will now
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So I stumbled upon such an epic tournament by accident.
Where's all the coverage?
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On April 16 2011 23:10 Bagi wrote:So I stumbled upon such an epic tournament by accident. Where's all the coverage?
idk.. really sad, only 900 viewers
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I wish own3d didn't make it so hard to find a low quality stream
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On April 16 2011 23:11 FliedLice wrote:Show nested quote +On April 16 2011 23:10 Bagi wrote:So I stumbled upon such an epic tournament by accident. Where's all the coverage? idk.. really sad, only 900 viewers
I'm hoping the organisers are able to get it on the frontpage tomorrow
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On April 16 2011 23:10 Enox wrote:grrr.. those portal 2 adds really work.. i didnt plan to buy it but i think i will now
I can't wait. Its gonna be unbelievably awesome!
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ya, really epic tournament so far, the only thing we can do is keep posting in this thread so it stays one of the top threads so more TL guys will stumble on it.
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Was checking the standings, are there no zergs left? Who is this Bling guy?
3 protoss players dominating... Somehow I'm not too surprised by that.
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On April 16 2011 23:15 Bagi wrote:
Was checking the standings, are there no zergs left? Who is this Bling guy?
3 protoss players dominating... Somehow I'm not too surprised by that.
no zergs in the tourney. only 4 toss and 2 terrans
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Zerg players got sick/didnt show up.
Bling won the Dignitas search for player tourney and just joined the team, he replaced one of the guys that didnt show up.
More info -> http://www.cadred.org/News/Article/145133/
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The return of Blue Steel Asian
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BlinG replaced the Panzergeneral ...
edit: thread needs to be featured equals more viewers
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On April 16 2011 23:10 Enox wrote:grrr.. those portal 2 adds really work.. i didnt plan to buy it but i think i will now
same here :D
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On April 16 2011 23:03 Muesli_ wrote:
use a hallucinated phoenix in order to warp in dts on the high ground. you dont see that every day...
Nerf WC3 micro! *cry*
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On April 16 2011 23:22 baeric wrote:Show nested quote +On April 16 2011 23:03 Muesli_ wrote:
use a hallucinated phoenix in order to warp in dts on the high ground. you dont see that every day... Nerf WC3 micro! *cry*
It's not micro and it's also not something new. I've seen other protoss players (Socke, Cruncher, ...) do the same if they go for fast dts.
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On April 16 2011 23:22 Me1234 wrote:Show nested quote +On April 16 2011 23:10 Enox wrote:grrr.. those portal 2 adds really work.. i didnt plan to buy it but i think i will now same here :D
what is that for a type of game?
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On April 16 2011 23:32 DailYLeet wrote:Show nested quote +On April 16 2011 23:22 Me1234 wrote:On April 16 2011 23:10 Enox wrote:grrr.. those portal 2 adds really work.. i didnt plan to buy it but i think i will now same here :D what is that for a type of game?
you dont know Portal? wow.. thats rare its hard to explain. just look for it on youtube
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Sjow vs Select just started
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was afk, will there be games today?
edit: oh wow needed to restart stream nevermind
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No, Sjow vs Select is last one.
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Shakuras plateau. what a map.
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7 Macro Command Centres.
Standard
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Sjow and Select are so evenly matched its insane.
Every game becomes a back-and-forth macrofest.
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where is demuslim in this?
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did not play in the qualifiers
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this game was so good at one point i thought sjow has it but then he ran his units into seleCT's siege tanks
also why event was not in the calendar and featured streams?
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looks like naniwa just beat socke 2-0
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Considering the prize pool i'm suprised more people didnt turn up. Such a shame, really want more happening in the UK
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there were 2 online qualifiers of each 128 players, 8 qualified, some players couldn't come and they didn't have enough replacements = 6 players now
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Socke is one of the chillest guys I've ever met. He's also better than me at Mortal Kombat we discovered.
Looking to start at 10am GMT tomorrow morning. We're hoping for less major delays and downtime this time around.
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EPT
